Struck dumb with astonishment and surprise is the definition and, at the moment, Kyle Rittenhouse is the subject to which…
Political Corruption
The Greek Is Writing Again
We adore and venerate the ancient Greeks; Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, but modern Greeks are too often pains in the…
Why Do We Fail to Invest?
There are bunches of reasons, many of which gave us the consumer economy that has been so devastating to our…
“I’m Not a Member of any Organized Political Party”
“I’m a Democrat.” Those words were uttered almost exactly a century ago by cowboy humorist Will Rogers and they are…
Judge Wilson Never Saw a Purple Cow
He never hoped to see one But in this ruling anyhow He’ rather see than be one With a proper…
Trillions for War, but Not a Dime for Recovery
America loves war far more than it loves itself. If you count the Indian Wars (the darkest part of our…
Plantation America
And here you thought slavery was a century and a half behind us. Who ‘owns’ us now? Well, it’s a…
Democrats and Republicans Each Fail in Specific Ways
Republican failure will come from being on the wrong side of history and that’s a catch-phrase for restricting voter-access, attitudes…
America’s Periodic 9-11 Orgasm
I was six years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Was that a terrorist attack, or do we excuse…
A Head Start in Recovering Our Moral Base
Republican or Democrat, rich-man, poor-man, atheist or believer, it’s pretty much unanimous that America has lost its moral compass. As…